Event #2: $20K GTD PKO Bounty 6-Max
Day 1 Started
partypoker US Network Series (Jan. 17-24)
Event #2: $20K GTD PKO Bounty 6-Max
Day: 1
Event #2 of the partypoker US Network Series Begins at 8 p.m.
The second event of the partypoker US Network Online Series is set to get underway at 8 p.m. Tuesday evening with the $20K GTD PKO Bounty 6-Max.
Featuring a buy-in of $320, half of that amount will be added to the total prize pool while the other half will be placed atop each entrant's head as a prize should they be knocked out. Due to the Progressive Knockout format, half of each player's bounty will be collected each time a player earns a knockout while the other half will be added to their own bounty.
Registration is open for everybody in the state of New Jersey across the three platforms of partypoker US, Borgata Poker and BetMGM Poker, with all players receiving starting stacks of 50,000 and blinds beginning at 150/300 and an ante of 40.
Betting rounds will last 10 minutes in length for the first 23 levels, with late registration and unlimited re-entries available through the first 15 of them (approximately 10:40 p.m. ET). After that, they will increase to 12 minutes apiece until a winner has been declared.
Event #1 saw "pure_reason" top a field of 325 in the $215 NLH to win the top prize of $12,161. Keep it here at PokerNews to see who wins Event #2.
Play Begins
Event #2 has officially begun with Level 1 underway (150/300/40) and 19 players already in on the action in this $320 buy-in 6-Max PKO.
Sponsored Pros Buzgon, Gagliano, and Stone All Among Early Entrants
A trio of BorgataPoker.com sponsored pros and ambassadors to the partypoker US Network in Michael "Gags30" Gagliano, Daniel "leinad" Buzgon, and Katie "KatieStone" Stone are among the early arrivals as the number of players in the field has grown to 29 with play still in Level 1 (150/300/40).
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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50,000 | 50,000 |
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50,000 | 50,000 |
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50,000 | 50,000 |
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50,000 | 50,000 |
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50,000 | 50,000 |
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50,000 | 50,000 |
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50,000 | 50,000 |
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50,000 | 50,000 |
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50,000 | 50,000 |
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50,000 | 50,000 |
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50,000 | 50,000 |
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50,000 | 50,000 |
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50,000 | 50,000 |
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50,000 | 50,000 |
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50,000 | 50,000 |
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50,000 | 50,000 |
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50,000 | 50,000 |
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50,000 | 50,000 |
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50,000 | 50,000 |
"redraider" Barrels Out Stone
In Level 2 with blinds of 200/400 and an ante of 50, Katie "KatieStone" Stone opened the action with a raise to 920 on the button. "redraider" was in the big blind and. three-bet to 2,960 and Stone called to take postflop action heads up.
The flop came 
and "redraider" made a continuation-bet of 3,210. Stone called to bring the turn 
. "redraider" continued, firing a second barrel for 6,420.
Stone thought for a few moments and then decided the half-pot-sized bet was enough to dissuade her from continuing any further in the hand. She clicked the fold button and "redraider" took down the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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66,949 | 66,949 |
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34,659 | -15,341 |
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Wang Gets River Value
In Level 3 with blinds of 250/500 and an ante of 60, action was heads up between the under-the-gun Michael "miw210x" Wang and "RiverMan", who was in the cutoff. There board read 
and there was 14,260 in the middle.
Wang bet 8,600 and sent his opponent into the tank before they finally found a call to take the hand to showdown. Wang's 
of top pair, top kicker was displayed and "RiverMan" mucked to earn Wang the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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61,346 | 11,346 |
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34,150 |
Level 4 Chip Counts
Level 4 is underway with blinds of 300/600 and an ante of 75 and there have now been 40 total entries logged. Three knockouts have occurred, with Ryan "TheSims" Hohner, Eric "alwaysliquid" Vanauken, and Alex "JinYang" Butcher to be the ones to collect early knockouts.
Hohner is also the chip leader at this point in the tournament. Here's a look at the list of players who have chipped up above starting stack in the first 35 minutes of play.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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129,324 | 79,324 |
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102,201 | 102,201 |
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96,959 | 46,959 |
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82,914 | 82,914 |
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73,554 | 73,554 |
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72,749 | 72,749 |
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64,414 | -2,535 |
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63,535 | 63,535 |
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62,611 | 12,611 |
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61,615 | 11,615 |
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59,750 | 59,750 |
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58,100 | 58,100 |
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57,995 | 7,995 |
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57,372 | 7,372 |
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56,712 | 56,712 |
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56,364 | 56,364 |
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53,075 | 53,075 |
Get to Know BorgataPoker.com Sponsored Pro Katie Stone
BorgataPoker.com has a trio of Sponsored Pros, and one of them is Katie Stone.
Stone has more than $176K in lifetime live tournament earnings including a career-bet $33,305 for finishing 378th in the 2018 World Series of Poker Main Event. In addition, Stone has three Borgata Open titles including the 2018 Borgata Fall Poker Open $300 Deepest Stack for $19,337, 2017 Borgata Summer Poker Open $300 Ladies Event for $2,867, and 2017 Borgata Fall Poker Open $300 Deepstack for $9,484. She also recently won the CSOP Borgata Winter Poker Open Event back in January.
However, where Stone has really thrived is online where she’s amassed more than $900K in lifetime earnings. Of that, $146,954 has come on BorgataPoker.com where she plays under the screen name “KatieStone.”
According to a Q&A she did with the Borgata Blog, Stone was born and raised in New Jersey, but after Black Friday in 2011, she relocated to Rosarito, Mexico in order to continue playing online. When New Jersey authorized Atlantic City casinos to offer online gaming within state borders, Stone moved back north to New Jersey and picked up where she left off — winning!
Recently, Stone took the initiative to create the Discord channel “Poker Peeps Affected By COVID19” and invited those in casino industry affected by recent shutdowns to join.
“I realized how tough it was going to be for everyone to keep up with everything and everyone, with so much changing so fast,” Stone recently told PokerNews. “So, I messaged my friend Cy Watson, who has been very active on social media as well regarding Coronavirus, asking him if he thought it would be a good idea to start a chat for people in the industry to be able to connect with each other for help.”
She continued: “I think the main thing poker players and everyone can do is to keep an open mind. Understanding that this is unlike any situation any of us have encountered before, and so thinking outside the box can go a long way. Taking the time to improve a skill, or learn a new skill whether it's a game or something else could be really beneficial not just financially, but mentally.”
Click here to learn more about Stone’s initiative.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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26,220 | -8,439 |
Funaro Sent Onto Second Bullet
In Level 5 with blinds of 400/800 and an ante of 100, Frank "FrankyFunk" Funaro raised to 1,760 on the button and Ryan "simlsgg" Hagerty three-bet to 7,520 in the small blind. Funaro four-bet jammed for 40,000 and Hagerty called all in for 4,000 shy of that number.
Ryan "simlsgg" Hagerty: 
Frank "FrankyFunk" Funaro: 
Hagerty pulled ahead on the flop 
but still found himself with 11 outs to fade between Funaro's flush draw and two outs to a set of sixes. Three more outs were added to that tally on the turn 
, but a safe river 
left Hagerty's aces best and earned him the double.
Funaro was left with just 4,000 and got it in on the following hand with 
against the 
of Alex "JinYang" Butcher, who held and scored the bounty as Funaro was eliminated from the tournament. However, Funaro's elimination did not last long as he quickly re-entered and found a seat at a new table with a fresh stack of 50,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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123,429 | 26,470 |
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68,661 | 18,661 |
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50,000 |